Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris Gallfheabhrán Family: Apiaceae Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native. Many-rayed umbels of white flowers, often tinged pink. Petals curve inwards but not notched. Shiny hairless, pinnate leaves with toothed leaflets. Hairless stems are hollow and purple-green. Height 80-200cm Throughout Ireland by rivers and in damp meadows, grassland, woods Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium. Dull, hairy leaves, notched petals

Wild Angelica, Angelica sylvestris, Gallfheabhrán